Christians will be familiar with the idioms: “God sacrificed his only son” and “Jesus died for our sins.” For many Christians, the meaning of the phrases is confusing at best and horrifically sad at worst. How could God “sacrifice” his only son? And what does Jesus’ death have to do…

Archaeologist conducting a dig at the 1,350-year-old Balatlar Church in Turkey’s Sinop Province, have uncovered a stone chest with crosses etched in the rock, that they believe contains a piece of the wooden cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. Turkish historians and archaeologists noted that the church was…